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Several fiber optic networks in France were sabotaged shortly after arson attacks disrupted high-speed train services during the Olympics opening ceremony. Cables for telecom operators in six areas of France were intentionally cut earlier today, according to the police. French authorities arrested an activist from an ultra-left-wing movement at an …

VPN usage in Bangladesh has surged due to violent protests and government-imposed internet restrictions. In Bangladesh, there was a conflict for quota in the government jobs taking place on July 15 and resulted in many students getting hurt and at least five people being killed. The police tried to stop …

OpenAI is testing a new search engine “SearchGPT” using generative artificial intelligence to challenge Google’s dominance in the online search market. SearchGPT will initially be available to a limited group of users and publishers. OpenAI plans to eventually integrate the search capabilities into ChatGPT instead of offering it as a …

The Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has given permission to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to intercept citizens’ phone communications for national security reasons. Issued on Monday, the ministry’s notification — a copy of which is available with Dawn.com — said that the authorisation was granted to the ISI …

In early 2021, a hacker infiltrated OpenAI’s internal messaging systems and obtained information about the design of the company’s AI technologies. The hacker stole information from an online forum where OpenAI employees discussed their latest technologies. However, the hacker was unable to access the systems where the company stores and …

The Brain Cipher ransomware group to release the decryption keys for Indonesia Terkoneksi on Wednesday. They said their attack aims to highlight the need for funding the industry and hiring skilled experts. They clarified that the attack is not politically motivated, but rather a penetration test that requires payment afterwards. …

“A critical vulnerability has been identified in the Google Authentication mechanism of the application. By manipulating the ID and email parameters in the authentication request, an attacker can obtain an access token for any user. This allows the attacker to take over any account without any user interaction, leading to …

A hacker changed the code of five plugins on WordPress.org to add harmful PHP scripts that make new admin accounts on websites using the plugins. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team found the attack yesterday, but the injections happened between June 21 and June 22, last week. Wordfence found a breach …

A threat offer to sell a zero-day exploit for Atlassian’s Jira in a underground forum. This exploit can be used on the latest version of Jira desktop app and Jira integrated with Confluence.  According to the offer, It does not require any login credentials and can also work with Okta …

A group believed to be linked to China has hacked multiple telecom operators in an Asian country since 2021, according to the Symantec Threat Hunter Team. The attackers used tools linked to Chinese spying groups. They installed several backdoors on targeted companies’ networks to steal passwords. “The attacks have been …